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The Argyles

About Me

four fans of that thing you do and die hard decided to form a band.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/07/2007
Band Website: http://www.youtube.com/user/WhoAreTheArgyles
Band Members: Monsignor Ghost
Guitar/Vocals/Keys

James Kelly
Bass/Vocals/Guitar

Doug "Other Thing" Bleggi
Guitar/Vocals

Michael James
Drums/Percussion/Hair
Influences: Adam Deux, Cat Stevens, Sufjan Stevens, Fisher Stevens, the Arcade Fire, Beck, Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes, Cameron Crowe film soundtracks, Deep Purple, Tapes 'n' Tapes, Smif-N-Wessun, The National, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Redman, Seeing Matt Murphy on The Jay Leno Show, The Beatles, PBS specials on Stax Records, Jive Turkey & the Funky Stuffin', Lil' Wayne, The Black Keys, Usher, Christopher "Big Black" Boykin, Rick Ross, Trikk Mackie, The Hives, Iron & Wine, Joy Division, Clipse, New Order, the Now That's What I Call Music volumes 1-8, 13, 15-23 (after that, it kind of fell off), the Kings of Leon, Barabus, King Crimson, Basarico, My Morning Jacket, Sean McNotclean, the New Pornographers, Pavement, R. Kelly, Ray Charles, Spoon, the Talking Heads, Television, Vampire Weekend, The Velvet Underground, Wolf Parade, XTC, UGK, Zeebra,
Sounds Like: Pain.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Chris Maguire To Join "Blur"

The Argyles.A Band. A Word. People see it at places such as The Gap, and Old Navy. But The Argyles are much more than a trifecta of soupy sweaters. The Argyles are a vision, a dream if you will. Their...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:01:00 GMT

McCain/Palin ’o8

The Argyles summer tour is all but over with the conclusion of our one night stay at the Village Pub South last Friday. With it came the final performance of a lineup of Vision Through Sound that...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:56:00 GMT

Bangkok Dangerous (So Dangerous)/ Teddy K.G.B.

What's really good, Argyles fans????   First and Foremost, I would like to express, on all your behalf, how dissatisfied both the Band and their manager are with "XXL"'s desicion to replace/oust ...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:40:00 GMT

Be an Argyle: Grow Your Beard

This is James. A candle stands at attention among the cluttered congestion of a deskthe flickering flame on the end of the wick dances to the radiator's rattling refrain It's challenging being in a ro...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:18:00 GMT

Show May the Money.

"I was there."  Some people will use such a phrase to sum up a now legendary performance by a band, who at the time could barely draw a hundred people in some club to see them and now charge upwa...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:01:00 GMT

Visual And Audio Stimulus Via The Argyles

This Is Shawn Not MgmtLately the only thing i have heard from anyone i know is "what's up with the argyles myspace, im not knocking it you guys got some choice rockers but it's like masturbating to po...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:23:00 GMT

Can we change our name?

This is James. Not mgmt. I have recently discovered that The Argyles are all over the place. I don't mean that our ever-expanding fan base has grown to brobdingnagian proportions or that whispers surr...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:36:00 GMT

My Next Crib Shalt Be coppethed South of "Da" Mason Dixon Lineth

Fuck Da Penguins Fuck Da Hotwings Just heard the new Argyles toon-bare bones, with James Kelly on guitar. No lyrics heard, as per ushe. Absent from the past TWO band practices, I am not entirely up to...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 19:09:00 GMT

Dont Talk With Your Mouth Full, CHristopher

Songs of 2008, by Rolling Stone(d) Magazine: John Rocker (J. Kelly) The French Foreign Legion (C. R. Maguire) Obviously, Rolling Stone(d) Magazine has yet to say this, as 2008 shall see the dawn of a ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 11:01:00 GMT

Argyles put in Work

Greetings everyone.South America is no more......but the Argyles soldier on!Lead Guitarist Christopher Mc Guire has recently said that the band's top priority is "paper touching," and that the Argyles...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 15:49:00 GMT